Drinking vessel or the like.



No. 777,305. PATBNTED DEG. 13, 1904. T. PRIESTNALL.

DRINKING VESSEL 0R THE LIKE.

. APPLIGATION FILED JUNE 1a, 1904.

No MODEL.

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DRINKING VESSEL. 0H THE LIKE..

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 777,305,

Application filed .Tune 18, 1904.

T0 all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, THOMAS PRIns'rNALL, of the city and county ofPhiladelphia, State of Pennsylvania, have invented an Improvement inDrinking Vessels or the Like, of which the following is a specification.

It is the object oi' my invention to provide a tumbler, cup, mug, orother drinking' vessel having' a transparent bottom with a compartmentto contain an object to be displayed for artistic or advertising'purposes. By forming the said compartment with a detachable base-capapplied to the bottom of the vessel the pictures or advertisements inthe compartment may be changed. In the preferred construction the vesselis provided with a double bottom, forming an intermediate air-space,which may have one or more openings in the sides communicating with theair, thus forming an air-space above the compartment in which the objectto be displayed is contained.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a vertical section oi' a tumbler embodyingmy invention, and Fig. 2 is a plan view of the same.

In the drawings I have shown my invention applied to a glass tumbler;but it may be applied to a variety of other articles, such as cups,mugs, and tankards.

The body a may be of any material, transparent or opaque. The base istransparent and is preferably formed of slightly-reduced diameter',externally threaded, as at c. Below the bottom proper is a secondorialse bottom d of transparent material, forming with the bottom properan air-space e. In the sides of the threaded base are openings f intothe airspace e. The lower edge of the base projects slightly below thefalse bottom d, forming an annular' rim g.

/t is the base-cap, having an annular internally-threaded rim c',adapted to be screwed upon the threads c, and a transparent web y'.1When the base-cap is screwed upon the threaded end c, as shown in Fig.l, this base-web j forms, with the false bottom CZ, a space a,

A adapted to contain an object to be displayed, such as a disk 7c ofpaper, glass, or other transparent material having a picture. The sidedated December 13, 1904. Serial N0. 213,120. (No model.)

wall of the base-cap is provided with one or more openings m, adapted toregister with the openings j when the base-cap is screwed on, as shownin Fig. l, thus permitting' the air to circulate through the air-space eabove the compartment which contains the object.

The space ff: between the base of the glass and the false bottom enablesless thickness ot glass to be interposed above the object without undulyweakening the bottom. This renders the object more visible and lessliable to be blurred.

The invention maybe used not only for producing' an artistic orornamental effect, but also for advertisingpurposes and for displayingtoasts, epigrams, and extracts for drinking-mugs printed on transparentdisks. By detaehing the base-cap the displayed object may be removed andchanged 'from time to time.

l/Vhat I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is asii'ollovvs:

l. A drinking vessel or the like, having a double bottom :formed oftransparent material with an intermediate air-space bctweenand adetachable base-cap having a transparent web forming with the lowerportion of the bottom a compartment to contain a replaceable object tobe displayed.

2. A drinking vessel or the like, having a double bottom it'ormed oftransparent material with an intermediate air-space between and providedwith an opening in its side to said air-space and a detachable base-caphaving a transparent web forming with the lower portion of the bottom acompartment to contain a replaceable object to be displayed.

3. A drinking vessel or the like, having a double bottom formed ottransliiarent material with an intermediate air-space between andprovided with an opening in its side to said air-space and a detachablebase-cap having a transparent web forming with the lower portion of thebottom a compartment to contain a replaceable object to be displayed,and having' an opening in `its side .registering with the opening intothe air-space when said basecap is attached.

a. Adrinkng vessel, consisting-of the body portion a having the threadedhase c and a double bottom b, d, of transparent material forming anintermediate air-space e, and the threaded detachable base-Cap L adaptedto be screwed to the base c having a transparent Web j forming With thebottom cl a compartment n.

In testimony of which invention I have hereunto set my hand.

THOMAS PRIESTNALL.

Witnesses:

JNO. WM. TINsLEY, R. M. KELLY.

